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Weighing Moving Cars.

In order to find out whether cars
loaded with live stock can be success
fully weighed while in motion, the West
ern Railway Weighing Association few
days ago made test at the stock yards
with ten loaded cars. The cars were run
over the scales running three miles an
hour and the weights taken. The stock
was then unloaded and weighed on plat
form scales. The difference in the
weight of the ten CAR loads was found to
be only 500 pounds, the actual weight
being that much less than the weight
taken when the cars were moving. This
test it is claimed establishes the feasl-
bility of the plan of weighing cars sue
ccsfully while in motion. Chicago 1r'-
LuDe
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God Manifest,

Do any ask of the divine love? Let them
learn Of it in the Saviour's love, as He kneels
at the grave of Lazarus; as He weeps over
Jerusalem; as He blesses little children; as
He heals the sick or comforts the sorrowful; :;
as He soothes the dying malefactor on the
cross. Would We know Of the divine for
giveness? 1t is here in this one sweet sem
tence of mercy: Neither do ! condemn
thee; 20 and sin no more" Would we know
CT the divine activityl 1t is all revealed in
the sleepless nights of preparation, spent
alone on the mountains in prayer; the days
devoted to teaching and healing; the tireless
errands of mercy from village to village.
Would we know of the divine patience and
endurance? We have but to watch the calm,
quiet way in which He meets His betrayer
and the company that take Him; the false
accusations to which He listens in silence; the
ridicule, the taunts, tho blows dealt by
savage hands, the cowardice Of Plate, the
scourge, tho thorn crown, the cross.
And 80, we ask at last, Would any know
God the Infinitel We point to His humanity
and say: "He who invited the weary and the
heavy-laden to His breast He whom even
the winds and seas obeyed; He who declared
Himself the Way, the Truth, and the Life; :
He whose spirit has inspired, comforted, ay,
saved the struggling souls of men, He, surely,
is God manifest. OF the
Saviour.
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Gods Love.

I can measure parental love- How broad,
how long, and strong, and deep it isl 1t is
a sea.a deep seq, which parents only can
fathom. But the love displayed on yonder
bloody cross whore Gods own Son is perish
ing for us, no man or angel has line to
measure The circumference Of the Garth,
the altitude of the sun, the distance of the
planets-these have been determined; but the
height, depth, breadth, and length of the
love of God pass our knowledge. Such is the
Father against whom all of US have sinned
thousand times! Walk the shore where the
ocean sleeps in Summer calm; or lashed into
fury by the Winters tempest, is laundering
on her sands; and when you have numbered
the drops of her waves, the sand on hor
rounding beach, you have numbered Gods
mercies and your sins. Well therefore may
we 20 to Him with the contrition of the
prodigal in our hearts, and his confession on
our lips: "Father I have sinned against
Heaven, and in thy sight" The spirit OF
God helping us to 60 to God, be assured that
the father who seeing his son afar off, ran to
meet him, fell on his neck and kissed him,
was but an image of Him who, not sparing
His own Son, but giving Him up to death
that we might live, invites and now awaits
our coming.-(Dr. Guthrie.
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Plants for the Poor.

In London they have societies for the
promotion of the cultivation of house
plants by dwelcrs in tcncmcnts, and at
regular intervals the surplus bcdding-out
plants from the public parks arc distrib-
ultcd among the poor. Such custom
might proftably be initiated here. There
is no more potent civilizer than row of
Towering Plants in window. 1t Gre
ates of itself an ambition to improve the
other surroundings, and to the sick and
little ones it is Il perpetual comfort and
inspiration. Sortid homes are bright
cncd up by flowers, and an amount of
innocent enjoyment is realized which
costs but little to create. Vice seems out
of place in a room beautitied by carefully
tended plants, and our Park Commits
sioncrs would do well to follow the
fashion set by their contemporaries in
London.-Nea York Mercury.
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Fashion Notes.

Velvet is still the fabric for dressy hats.
Silver jewelry is becoming very fash
ionable.
Grebe is becoming fashionable as a
trimming for jackets.
An attempt is being made to make
hounces fashionable again.
Amber passementeries in leaf designs
are used to trim white silk gowns.
Gray in every shade is considered in
Paris just now the most stylish of all
colors.
Silk puffings are tastefully let in at
the upper part of the sleeves of many
frocks.
The fashion of wearing a black velvet
basque with black silk skirts is again
prevalent.
French women will never adopt the
unmodifed tailor gown in all its severe
simplicity.
Emeralds are sought after more and
more every day, the finer grade being
very scarce.
French round hats are very dressy and
take the place of bonnets with many
young ladies.
Tight-ftting jackets of velvet and vel
veteen are worn in the house with 8
variety of skirts.
Lace is more used in millinery and dress
decoration than ever, and all kinds OF
laces are in vogue.
French bonnets are very small, but
with broader and lower trimming than
those of last winter.
India embroidcries in metal trim even
ing wraps made of the new changeable
velvets and plushes.
Black trimmings, jet, passementerie,
and brails are much in vogue for trim
ming colored frocks.
Coronet fronts will appear on most
fashionable bonnets. They will be OF
beads, feathers or velvet.
Flowered Challi is also popular for lit
tie girls dresses. Velvet ribbon also
trims these pretty dresses.
The fitted and boned jersey costume is
to be worn with plaid skirts and is belted
on with buckle as finish in front.
A stylish fashion in outer garments is
to have buttons of the cloth bound with
black rims. These are made to order.
Tucked yokcs are worn with the full
beltcd waists with young children's
dr., sses. The tucks held down by feather
stitch.
The woke waist continues to be fash
ion much liked by young ladies, and the
entire woke is often we'll covered with
braided design.
Buttons are considered de trop on the
costumes of the period. Their manu-
facturels are morning, but hook and eye
makers rejoice.
Tucked jerseys are the only new things
in this line; the trimming on these
Jerseys is made by fine corded effects
made by fine tucking.
Velvet pufTs on the top of the sleeves
and also velvet cuffs are worn with cash
mere gowns for misses and little girls,
giving dressy finish.
Stripes arc wider than they were early
in the season and continue to be very
fashionable, but in all cases the waist Is
of plain fabric or jersey cloth.
The fashion of having the sleeves of
one fabric and the garment of another Is
one which the French modistes have III
troduced here this season with apparent
success.
JERSEYS in two colors of fine ribbon
arc now made in good form and are OF
extra finish. These are only appropriate,
however, for young girls or children,
but for these they are pretty.
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The Rum Power.

The saloonists and their allies have so CEN
tralized their power, and are so conscious OF
their strength, that in many Of our cities
they bid defiance to all law, wherever it may
interfere with their schemes Of profit and
plunder. They are willing that all laws
Shall be strictly enforced except those which
concern themselves They regard themselves
as privileged class-as above and beyond all
law. There is not a liquor law upon the
statute books Of any State or any city that
they will not disregard. They feel secure In
their law-breaking, because they know ths
power they WELD in politics. The official
who does enforce the law against them Will
be driven from power at the next election
They feel themselves stronger than the sentf
ment in favor of law AMI order and hence
ignore whatever laws they may choose with
impunity. They even have abrogated the
Fourth Commandment, because Sunday is
c1e of the best days of the whole weef
wherein to sell rum. So universal is this
disregard of law by the rum power. 50
fully is it recognized, that it = even
made an argument against the enacU..ient o.
plea against prohibition is: "Oh, you car
enforce the law!' Things have come to
sad pass, indeed in this lanG 5her ella OF
the community have become so deti-.f At
citizens give its lawlesSneSs as reason ioI
tho non-enactment of legislation! The rum
party is one of the two parties responsible
for this state Of things. The other is the
people themselves. They have been playing
the role of towards in this struggle, an
have allowed the Internal tyran94, Of the
rum power full swing 1t is til for an
awakening, and we are glad to see the signs
Of its coming. The rum power has gotten
too arrogant 1t has driven things with too
high hand. A reaction is setting in rapidly
against the domination Of the saloon in poll
tics; and in this awakening Of public 80 &
ment against those Internal breathing holes
of hell. th. saloons, we see another factor
that will prove efficient in the grand struS-
ple.-TeLedo Blade.
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
A Woman'S Song.

She took her song to beauty's side.
Where riches are, and pomp and pride.
There in the world amidst the crowd,
She found out hearts by sorrow bowed;
And midst dream Of light and dress
She saw the pain Of loneliness.
Her voices magic held tear.
She made the weary ones draw near;
And all the passions of the throng
Were melted into peace by song!
She took her song along the street,
And hushed the beat of passing feet;
And tired toilers stopped to fill
Their hearts with music at her will.
She sang of rest for weary feet,
Of sea-moan, and Of meadow-sweet;
Her voices pleading stilled the stir,
And little children wept with her;
So all their sorrow, grief, and pain
She softened into love again.
She took her song to those who rest
Safe in the clasp OF natures breast,
Amid the graves, along the shore,
Washed with salt tears for evcrmore;
And then she sang. How Long! How Long
Before we hear that perfect song
That angel hymn! That mystic strain,
When those who loved shall love again,
When life's long struggle shall be blest
With music OF Eternal Rest,
Clement Scott, IN Clipper.
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That New SealSkin.

"IIavc you heard the news| shc
qucried as they stood waiting for the
chr.
"Somcthing special =
Il should say so: Mrs. -, OF our
street is 10 have new scalskin this win.
ter"
Mop
"Truc as you live! Isn't that awfrl2"
"Wc.l, should say it was, and won t
rest until | have my husband examine
the county records and sec if they have
mortgaged their place. l must have
something to take her down with the
first day she wears it!"-Detro:t Fr
I1,'e.
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Curiositics of Courtship.

A California miner, having amassed
quito fortune, was returning by ship to
New York to revisit old friends and to
find himself wife. A young woman on
board the ship, serving in the capacity
of nursery governess to the family Of Il
merchant on board, pleased him much
by her neat and modest appearance. He
therefore introduced himself one day,
and broke the ice of his purpose with
one reckless plunge: MADAM, my name
is -, my parents and family reside
in New Hampshire; have property
amounting to $500, coo. and expect to
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RELIGIOUS READING.
The End of Summer.

The End of Summer.
Thinner the leaves of the larches show,
Motonless held in the languid air;
Fainter by waysides the sweetbriers grow,
Wide bloom laying their gold hearts baro;
Languishing, one by one;
Summer is almost DONE
Deeper-hued roses have long since died;
Silent the birds through the white mist fly;
Down of the thistles by hot suns dried,
Covers with pale fleece vines growing nigh:
Little brooks calmer run;
Summer is almost done.
Later the flush of the sunrise creeps,
Shortening the reign of the slow-coming
day;
Earlier shade of the twilight creeps,
Over the swallows skimming away;
Crickets their notes have begun;
Summer is almost done.
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W. G., T. u. Bulletin.

Hon. Henry w. Blair is writing a history
of the temperance movement in this coun-
try.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore has delivered
more than eight hundred temperance ad'
dresses.
Tax money now used for the prosecution
of crime would if there were no saloons, go
to schools
Liquor men have dollars at stake; Chris
tian inen have sons at stake. Which are the
most valuable
Young man! if you would avoid the risk Of
remorse which stings the soul Of son who,
with spade Of vice, digs grave for his
mother, take the VOW Of total abstinence,
bind it as taisman about your character,
and resolve never to cross the threshold of a
LIQUOR saloon
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Influence Of Beer OH Digestion.

Professor H. 4. Hare, Md, OF the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, has recently boon s3e
jecting to scientific tests the popular loea
that beer is an aid to digestion. 1t mas ioaS
been supposed by many that the lighter forms
OF alcoholic liquors. particularly the varl0uS
forms of beer, are an aid to dig stlon. lhr
EXP ,rimcnts made, however, very clearly
show that bl er distinctly rctaros both sih.
vary and gastric digestion. This was trus
with reference to every specimen OF beer eS-
aminet, some seventeen in all. lnmore than
two-thirtls of the specimens Of beer examined
the stomach digestion was delayed consider
ably moro than one hour, and in some IN
stances the delay was near Y two hours
Some recent eXper: r:mentS mad, by Professor
Dusean, of Baltimore. at the Johns Hopkins
University, show that acoho in all its forms
retarEis the digest on Of starch IN very
marked drgree. Th,S two SetSet eAP;il.
ments to eth"r show very conclusivcly that
b, retlrtls the digestion in coaSe Iil'nce os
The alcohol which it contains. When II =
considered that the nutr!t'vc valua or ne'r
SO ex 'e"in.l " small thai wio'e no ;shsa
contains no more actual nut inent than H
s;nrL. lrar OF brad. it will at olcc app az
"A Il the popular ia III IN beer as al all 10 /
r'st;on or to nutrition has no fouadl..o /
what.ver.-Good Ued M.
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engage in business in -. am per-
fectly temperate man, and can give you
good reference to testify to my general
upright character. I am unmarried, and
want e wife; will you marry me2" The
The lady took in the character OF the
suitor at once. "'Thank you," said she,
'T will" and on landing they were
forthwith married.
How the Princess Louise, of Savoy,
ever recovered from her humiliation
after having Offered herself in marriage
to Charles, Duke of Bourbon, only to re-
ceive grave but positive refusal, few
women can understand. Ladies, how
ever, are permitted to assist bashful
woer when
Either he fears his fate too much
Or his desert too small,
Who fears to put it to the touch
And win or lose it all.
Such was the case with the young lady
who assured her lover that she could
make Eeautiful cake, and filled with
fruit, with q ring on the top, and when
the astonished swain exclaimed: ''Why,
that is a wedding cake" replied: 81
medhI NcuuluS, duu "LlSA UAooSno
matters to q crisis Immediately.
More shrewd still was the young lady
and more daring told her admirer
that she was mind-reader, and could
read what was going on in his mind at
that moment; that he wanted to propose
to her but did not know how to do it,
which, of course, relieved the young
man from his embarrassment perma-
nently.
A very bashful man having succeeded
in winning a wife, lady relative
teased him to tell her how he ever
plucked up courage enough to pro-
pose. -.
"Now, tell me the truth, N" said
she; 'Did not the lady have to do the
courting for you9"
"N-no," answered the gentleman; !;
"but 1 own she smoothed over the hard
places for me-"
And this seems to be the ladies' mis-.
sion in courtship-,to smooth over the
hard places.
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TEMPERANCE.
Honest Honestly

Honest Honesty!
An
Honest man K
with AMI
Honest Indignation
can, in an
Honest manner q
and with an
Honest enthusiasm,
through an e..
Honest use Of
Honest Politics
Honestly join in an j.:
Honest crusade !
to
Honestly ,
Annihilate 4;
the
Rum Po,oer,
as an
Honorable
achievement Of an
Honest purposeI
to secure his country's
HONOR.
-Dey<reA
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One OF the curious paradoxes o. life r 49,,
in the fact of bequest Of Sl2 ~. =;
recently been left by retired wire .
to the British National Temper'n Is :,
to be given as prizes for the thrc' = st ;
in advocacy Of the principles OF lolI aO"-'''
enCe,
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Some Great Men who Worked.

Ashamed of work, boys good,
hard, honest work Then 1 am
ashamed of you-ashamed that you
know so little about great men.
Open your old Roman history now,
and read of Cincinnatus. On the
day on which they wanted him to be
dictator where did they find him {?
In the field blowing.
What about Marcus GURUS, who
drove Pyrrhus out of Italy? Look
him up; you will find him busy on
his little farm.
Lucretia, one of the noblest Ro-
man matrons, might have been seen
many day at work spinning among
her maidens.
There after hearing of these in
STAGES you will surely not be asham-
ed II work.
Better even than the example OF
noble Romaos is the advice of the
wise man: "\Vhatsoever thy hand
fndeth to 60, do it with thy might.
Better than this even are the beauti-
full New Testament words mo-
sothful in business; feryent in spirit;
serving the Lord"
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The B. az o. Presidency.

VICE-PBEsIDENT SPENCER ELECTED-SAL
AIRY FINED AT $25 900 PER ANNUM-
VICEpREsIDENT THOMAS R. KING RE,
SIGNS.
BALTIMORE, December 10'-The
new president of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad is Samuel Spencer.
AT the meeting of the directors to
day, Mr. Spencer was elected to the
presidency and his salary, it is un,
derstood, fixed at s25 900 per annum
The salary ofthe late president, Rob,
ert Garrett, was $4,000.
Mr.. Thomas r. King sent in his
resignation as second vice-president
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
company, and it was accepted. II
is said that Mr.. King will be made
president of the Pittsburgh and
Western road.
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INDEPENDENT.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER "a, 1887,

HE WEEK BEFORE CTK9TSTAE4A S
IT'S the week before Christmas
And all in the house,
Are plotting and planning
As SLY as mouse.
Strange buudles are smuggsd
Inside unaware,
And hidden away with
The greatest of care.
The children with secrets
They're burning to tell,
And in excitement
That nothing can quell,
Are hourly asking
How many more days
Before it is is Christmas,
With cheeks all ablaze.
The old folks as eager,
The fever have caught,
And crowd in the places
Where presents are bought.
To them Merry Christmas
Is sweeter, we know,
Than when their own stockings
Were filed long ago.
way up from the kitchen
Spiced odors arise
OF genuine, home made,
Delicious minneapolis.
Just stuffed full of raisins
AS big and as round
As little Jack Horner
So happily found.
The long winter nights
All much longer appear,
For who can sleep soundly
With Christmas so near.
And now, for the stockings
No tots tiny hose
Can hold half the treasures
Kriss Kringle bestows
So mammals great big ones
Are got with delight,
All ready to hang mp
On Santa Claus night.
Now. Christmas is near and
St. Nick in his sleigh,
Behind his swift reindeers,
Is flying this way.
He's now on the snow clouds,
He'll be at your gate
Prepare for his coming
There's no time to wait.
He. DODGE.